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Apple “Aperture 3” Digital Photo Editor Now Available
Filed in archive OS X , Software by jim on February 19, 2010
Good products stay popular for a long time; and Apple's "Aperture" digital photo editing software certainly falls into that category. This is the third incarnation of this mainstay pr...
First look at Aperture 1.5
Filed in archive Opinion , OS X , Review , Software by Andrew Garrett on October 3, 2006
creativepro.com - First Look at Aperture 1.5: "...less than a year after its initial release, Apple has produced another significant upgrade, in the form of Aperture 1.5. This free update adds ...
Photoshop Automator Actions v3.0
Filed in archive OS X , Photoshop by Andrew Garrett on August 6, 2006
Complete Digital Photography » Photoshop Automator Actions v3.0: Mac OS X 10.4 ships with Automator, a powerful workflow automation tool that lets you easily automate the operation of any AppleScri...
Microsoft acquires iView
Filed in archive Announcement , OS X , Software , Windows by Andrew Garrett on July 11, 2006
iView joins Microsoft iView Multimedia, makers of popular media management software iView Media, and iView Media Pro have 'joined' (aka 'been acquired by) Microsoft. What this acqu...
Shutterbug and Imagewell
Filed in archive OS X , Software by Andrew Garrett on May 23, 2006
Two pieces of software from XtraLean Software: Shutterbug is a real simple way to automate the build of web galleries of your images. Imagewell is a lightweight and inexpensive image editor. Bo...
Darkroom to Lightroom
Filed in archive OS X , Photography , Photoshop by Andrew Garrett on May 11, 2006
From Darkroom to Lightroom: Downloadable PDF: Ken Milburn, author of Digital Photography: Expert Techniques from O'Reilly, has released a 22 page PDF to help new users of Adobe's Lightroom ...
Aperture 1.1 review
Filed in archive OS X , Software by Andrew Garrett on May 11, 2006
Aperture 1.1 review - A Brief History of Aperture: "From the outright broken things like 8-bit TIFF export and EXIF data stripping on output to the Zen take on a manual (there is no documentati...
Aperture 1.1 Update
Filed in archive OS X , Photoshop , Software by Andrew Garrett on April 15, 2006
Apple - Aperture - Aperture 1.1 Update: Apple have announces Aperture 1.1 - free to existing 1.0 users, and down to $299 for new users. Not only is the price down, they've also added a few feat...
X-Rite Optix XR2 Monitor Calibrator
Filed in archive OS X , Software , Windows by Andrew Garrett on April 14, 2006
X-Rite Optix XR2 Monitor Calibrator - PhotographyBLOG: If you're not planning on printing your images, then monitor calibration isn't a huge deal - just edit the photos so they look good to y...
Recover lost photos from flash memory with PhotoRec
Filed in archive Accessories , OS X , Software , Windows by Andrew Garrett on April 1, 2006
Recover lost photos from flash memory with PhotoRec - Download Squad: I had this happen to me last year - a 1 gig memory card full of images - worse, images from someone's wedding. Suddenly, when...
Apple Aperture 1.1 Update
Filed in archive Announcement , OS X , Software by Andrew Garrett on March 19, 2006
Apple Aperture 1.1 Update - Software: Apple Aperture 1.1 has a host of features tailored to digital cameras that just hit the market. Most new models have higher ISO sensitivities now, so the new v...
Pro/Photo - Vincent Laforet
Filed in archive OS X , Photography , Software by Andrew Garrett on March 13, 2006
Apple - Pro/Photo - Vincent Laforet, pg.1: An Apple profile on Pro Photog Vincent Laforet. OK, bear in mind that it's from Apple, so there's a certain amount of Aperture pushing in there - b...
Another Lightroom Review
Filed in archive OS X , Photography , Photoshop , Software by Andrew Garrett on January 12, 2006
@Digital Grin - powered by smugmug: CONCLUSION Adobe has come out with a product that will appeal to many photographers. It's easy to use, intuitive, and fun to work with. It makes quick work o...
First Look: Adobe Lightroom beta
Filed in archive OS X , Photography , Software by Andrew Garrett on January 11, 2006
Macworld: News: First Look: Adobe Lightroom beta: At this stage of development, Lightroom's sorting tools aren't as sexy as what you'll find in Aperture (see "Aperture and Lightroo...
Lightroom - what should have been first looks
Filed in archive OS X , Software by Andrew Garrett on January 9, 2006
Well, Adobe Lightroom is a wash for me - it requires OS 10.4, and I haven't bothered upgrading from 10.3. I may be Drinking the Apple koolaid, but not so much that I'll pay full price (for ...
Adobe announces Lightroom
Filed in archive OS X , Photoshop , Software by Andrew Garrett on January 9, 2006
Adobe announces Lightroom: Not only have they announced it, they've also announced that there will be a public beta of Lightroom starting on January 10th - co-inicdentally (heh), the same day tha...
iPhoto Tutorial
Filed in archive Opinion , OS X , Software , Tutorial by Andrew Garrett on January 9, 2006
iPhoto Tutorial A great collection of tips and tricks to get the best out of Apple iPhoto, from the folk over at MacZealot. One of the (many) tasks on my todo list, is to clear out my iPhoto - when ...
New Adobe App to take on Apple's Aperture
Filed in archive Announcement , OS X , Photoshop , Software by Andrew Garrett on January 7, 2006
New Adobe App to take on Apple's Aperture Refusing to stand idle while Apple Computer woos digital photographers with its new Aperture post production tool for working with RAW images, Adobe Syst...
Wider Aperture Coverage.
Filed in archive OS X , Software by Andrew Garrett on December 16, 2005
OK, so people (other than me) have had a chance to get a taste of Aperture - and the reviews are coming in. Here's a selection of them: Aperture 1.0: from the venerable and respected Ars Techni...
Aperture Mini Review
Filed in archive Announcement , OS X , Software by Andrew Garrett on November 29, 2005
Aperture Mini Review With Screenshots "I would compare it to the iPhoto I've always wanted and been willing to pay for." [with thanks to Mark for spotting the review] Also: Ted Leung...
Apple begins shipping Aperture
Filed in archive OS X , Software by Andrew Garrett on November 27, 2005
Think Secret - Briefly: Apple begins shipping Aperture: Excellent news - perhaps soon I'll hear if I'm able to get a review copy - if not, I'll have to wait until the reviews are in, to ...
Wacom Introduces Wide-Format Pen Tablet
Filed in archive Accessories , OS X , Photoshop , Windows by Andrew Garrett on November 3, 2005
Wacom Introduces Wide-Format Pen Tablet I'm a big fan of my fairly new tablet, for photo editing - and I know I've barely scratched the surface with it. I've got it mapped so it's the...
Bringing Aperture into focus
Filed in archive OS X , Photoshop , Software by Andrew Garrett on November 2, 2005
Rob Galbraith DPI: Bringing Aperture into focus: Rob Galbraith has been asking a lot of hard questions of the various contacts they have at Apple, about Apple's new aperture. He and his co-author...
Optimizing Photoshop CS2
Filed in archive OS X , Photoshop , Windows by Andrew Garrett on October 28, 2005
Optimize performance of: Photoshop CS2 on Windows Photoshop CS2 on Mac OSX Sometimes, photoshop is just scary... "Photoshop CS2 supports up to 64 exabytes (EB) of scratch disk space on a total ...
Interview With Apple Aperture Product Manager
Filed in archive OS X , Photoshop , Software by Andrew Garrett on October 27, 2005
Interview With Apple Aperture Product Manager Joe Schorr: With everything I read, this product looks more and more promising. aperture was developed with photographers looking over our shoulders, l...
The Epson P-4000 Multimedia Storage Viewer Offers 80GB Hard Drive
Filed in archive Accessories , Announcement , OS X , Windows by Andrew Garrett on October 26, 2005
The Epson P-4000 Multimedia Storage Viewer Offers 80GB Hard Drive You know, this looks rather nice. 3.8" LCD, 80 gig of storage, able to display RAW images as well as JPEG - plays movies (MPEG 4...
From iPhoto to iView MediaPro
Filed in archive OS X , Software , Windows by Andrew Garrett on October 24, 2005
Justin Blanton | From iPhoto to iView MediaPro: iPhoto is a good starter app - if you've only got a few photos, and just want a convenient way to store and browse them,. it works fine. But it...
Aperture: Designed for Professional Photographers
Filed in archive Announcement , OS X , Photoshop , Software by Andrew Garrett on October 20, 2005
Apple - Aperture So, I talked about this a couple of days ago - and I think I was both right and wrong. If I'm understanding things right, it's not a Photoshop killer - instead, it's ...
Seashore: OS X native GIMP port
Filed in archive OS X , Photoshop , Software by Andrew Garrett on October 19, 2005
Seashore: OS X native GIMP port In my pre-OSX days, I was a Linux fan in a big way - So, when I wanted to manipulate a photo, I was in The gimp. Back then, it wasn't a photoshop killer - but it...
JHead - Open Source EXIF mangler
Filed in archive OS X , Software , Windows by Andrew Garrett on October 19, 2005
Download Squad "Jhead - Today's free file" Not something most of you will use for the most part I guess - but something I've got, and I'm starting to find uses for. See, I'...
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